Medea slammed the book closed and came to bed.
Lyle had planned that if she had insisted on sleeping on the sofa, he would have carried her; however, she didn’t have that intention.
However, since it was the Emperor’s bed, the bed was so expansive that if two people lay down on the ends, they couldn’t touch each other, even if they stretched their arms out.
Medea observed where Lyle was and laid down on the opposite end. There was a heavy silence.
Lyle, who had only thought of holding Medea in his arms all day, was nervous and despondent: I know you’re angry, but…… as expected, I want to sleep with Medea in my arms.
He waited and wondered if she fell asleep as the sound of her breathing slowed and paced itself smoothly. Lyle crept next to Medea. Then he quietly held Medea in his arms.
“Ugh!”
At that moment, Medea opened her eyes and bit Lyle’s arm.
Lyle was surprised, pulled away, shocked.
“Medea! Did you just bite me?”
“Then should I kick your majesty?”
Even in the blurry darkness, her glare was sharp and livid.
Lyle was bewildered and faced Medea.
“Are you out of your mind? You bit the Emperor!”
“So how should I protect myself? Your Majesty is only concerned with your own wants, and completely ignores my will!”
“Medea!”
“What! It’s my body! If I don’t allow it, it’s only right that no one can touch me! The reason you have held me is because I thought you were good enough— not because you are the Emperor! So now I don’t want to—so NO!”
Medea screamed, turning her body away and covered her whole body, including her head with the blanket.
Lyle was completely taken aback and utterly shocked.
“Wha- what?”
Lyle was trying to wrap his mind around how absurd ‘because I thought you were good enough’ was…. He should be furious but was strangely feeling better.
‘Damn it, damn it!’
Lyle stared at Medea’s back and couldn’t even think about getting angry.
When she sleeps……
However, Lyle was more persistent than Medea, who was filled with anger. After some time, Medea geniunely fell asleep, breathing steadily, murmuring some sleeping talking gibberish while the blanket fell off her a little.
“Haa…[sigh sfx]”
Lyle was going crazy. He couldn’t touch her even if she was right next to him.
When he couldn’t see her, it felt so unfair, so he would sneak into Medea’s bedroom to watch her sleep. But it didn’t matter that she was in his room; he still couldn’t touch her. His throat felt stuffed and burned to the brim.
When they had gone to bed together, Medea would fall asleep in Lyle’s arms as he hugged her tightly.
Now when he slept alone, he hugged a blanket or pillow.
‘I think I’ve developed a sleeping habit now that I have to hug something.’
Now Lyle was attempting to sleep, holding a blanket tightly. It was awhile since the weather was hot, but it was getting chilly in the last few days……
After a long deliberation, Lyle gently pulled the blanket away that was in Medea’s arms.
Since she was sleeping, it slipped away easily.
As if she was sleeping deeply, she couldn’t detect any subtle movements and only inhaled and exhaled.
‘A little more……’
Lyle was worried about her waking up feeling cool but planned on covering her up again later. He finally gently pulled all of the blankets and pushed them aside.
“Uhngh… .”
Maybe because it was cool, Medea shank and curled into herself. Lyle almost burst with laughter because of her cute expression, pressing his mouth together, holding back.
Medea tossed and turned and then turned in the direction of Lyle’s body. Even though she barely turned his body, the flesh touched through the hem. Medea, seeking his warmth, penetrated into Lyle’s arms in her sleep.
Lyle silently shouted joyfully, covering Medea and himself with a blanket. Then he hugged Medea tightly over the blanket.
It was a satisfying night.
***
“Slap!”
A hand attached to a shocked Medea hit Lyle’s cheek. As if she had struck him on impulse, Medea’s eyes widened in surprise, becoming huge.
Lyle, who had woken up first and had been watching her sleep, was half resentful and half angry.
“… What are you doing, Empress?”
“That’s what I wanted to ask you.”
Medea stared at Lyle in astonishment as he held her wrist after she had struck him. He had been watching her sleep in his arms, which was why Lyle couldn’t instantly defend himself from Medea’s hand.
“You dug into my arms while you were sleeping. I didn’t embrace you first.”
Medea cried at Lyle’s confident excuse:
“Then you can push me away! And what’s with your hand on my waist!”
“You came first to my arms; why should I push you away?”
“Because I hate it!”
“You slept pretty well with your face stuck to my chest for a person who hates it.”
He responded calmly, but Medea’s words of dislike made Lyle’s heart tingle. Medea glared at Lyle with a resentful face.
“It won’t happen again!”
“Next time I’ll take it as a sign of permission.”
Lyle’s blatant words of desire left Medea speechless.
Lyle, feeling the urge to kiss her for a moment, glanced at her.
Furious, Medea broke out from his grip and slapped away Lyle’s hand and arm, hugging her waist.
“Now I woke up, so let me go!”
Lyle was tempted not to let go until he kissed her but instead, he gently lifted the arm she hit.
He couldn’t even touch her. He just hugged her and slept.
It was unfair.
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Snu snu was good, but medea throwing a tantrum is better 🤣
This comment: 10 out of 10
LOL! I support Medea’s wifely rage. Lyle deserves it.
i was so delighted that there’s a mass update but reading about lyle’s possessiveness, i was so disappointed. so immature what the heck.
I agree, it looks like she’s being held captive.
Medea has now entered the Yandere route.
I felt the same :’)
Saaaame dude, it really irks me how he can’t understand that NO MEANS NO.
Especially when he was r*ped too. Like you’d think he’d understand better than anyone but nope I’m so disappointed
did not do it cause he is emperor but cause he is good enough? Lyle’s mind is having a party knowing it was not done as the empress’s duty but she actually did it with him cause he is good at it and she like it XD congrats bruh XD
Thank you so much for the updates!
I’m so happy millie beat his sheet up!!!! Brjdje muheheheheheh
This is too satisfying, I just can’t hahaha lol serves him right anyway thanks for the mass update!
lmao Medea is adorable 😂 poor kyle now u better give her back her freedom 😂
I feel sorry for lyle. He wants to cuddle bug can’t 😂 you should wait for the tigress to calm down and do not cage her maboy. But I like that he was so patient and didn’t force her to do it with him😍
Welp! You’d better apologise Lyle, or the cold shoulder continues. Lmao. Thanks for the translation! 🙆🏻♀️💕
Well done Medea!!! Show him who has the power here!!
Thanks for the chapter!!!
This is better. Make him weak LMAO
Yassss. Make him suffer a bit
Ok no. Just no. You can’t sob about how much you “love” someone one moment and chain her to your bed like a sex slave the next. Cutting someone off from their family, treating “no” like a challenge on how to coerse them, these “I didn’t even rape her, how unfair” type defenses- it’s all messed up and this idiot needs to realize that ASAP. I get that he’s got a history of being a victim of abuse, and has trouble seeing a possibility that someone who he once saw as a source of abuse could be a victim, and has had zero counseling so probably isn’t well equipped to recognize abusive behaviors properly. But those are REASONS and not EXCUSES. There is a difference! This author is sending Lyle down a slippery slope of messed up behavior and he needs to genuinely reflect, apologize, and speak OPENLY with this girl he SAYS he loves while his character is still redeamable, because he is very very close to a point of no return.
🤣🤣🤣 poor lyle…
but i kinda curios will he let her meet her brother after this??
Lyle is not exactly a nice guy
please update this novel soon
Though keeping Medea in his bedroom is really, really bad, I think the author went this route because in the novel world set-up, when Medea went AWOL in the Empress’ palace, as per Medea, the right punishment was to be sent to jail. So in comparison, this was a lighter punishment. And well, it’s much more fuuuunnnn to see Lyle despairing from Medea’s silent treatment Lololol
What happened with good puppy Lyle? I’m starting to getting annoyed at him and I want to slap him too. In the past he used to be the smarter one, but now both of them are just the same, ugh.
I mean, pls. Is he a horny dog who can’t use his brains to be respectful? I know he is but still #disappointing
I caught up T^T thank you for update♡
P.S: still disappoint of Lyle
Ahh… I’m waiting for the moment when he finally breaks and cave for his feelings then he’ll utter words of love right out of his own mouth. And of course I’m waiting for when he becomes foolishly helpless against Medea well.. in a sense he already is. 🤣🤣🤣
Reading this chapter again makes me feel satisfied with her being mad at Lyle hahahaha thanks a lot t1v
You got what you deserved Lyle 🙄🙄🙄
Rereading this again. Medea standing up for herself makes me feel so proud lol. Also bad Lyle 🙁 his worries are sound but his execution isn’t.
Ugh, this ml is disgusting tho. I hate him. Does he even look at her as a person and not just his sex toy? Wtf.